Nursing Specialties Certificate

What is a nursing specialties certificate?

Nursing specialty programs provide key nursing education for advanced practice nurses (APRN) to be eligible to pursue licensure as nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, certified clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse anesthetists.

Beyond these roles, there are MSN programs that with emphasis in nurse educator, nurse informatics, nurse executive and more. While some nursing graduate schools may offer the general Master of Science in Nursing, most expect students to focus their studies on one of these areas.

What can you do with a nursing specialties certificate?

Those who complete this post-bachelor’s degree program certificate may be able to work in a range of positions. This may include working as a nurse educator, nurse executive, or as a nurse informatics. Students may be able to take courses that are in an area of concentration that interests them.

How do you become a certified nurse specialist?

Those who wish to work as a clinical nurse specialist typically need to complete a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in nursing. Some may go on to earn a doctoral degree. Some students also complete a nursing specialties certificate in an area that they are interested in. This may take 3 to 4 years to complete.

DID YOU KNOW? Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), including nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners, are healthcare professionals who provide primary and specialty care to patients (bls.gov).

Schools with Nursing Specialties Certificate Programs

Program	Institution	Degree Awarded
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Post-Master's Graduate Certificate	University of Saint Joseph	N/A
Nursing	Yale University	N/A
Graduate Nursing Program MSN-CNL	Spring Hill College	N/A
School Nurse Post-Bacc Certification; Post-Master's – Family Nurse Practitioner; Post-Master's – Nursing Education; Supervisory Certification	Millersville University	N/A
Post-Master's Certificate – Advanced Public Health Nurse Track	University of North Dakota	N/A
Forensic Nursing	University of California – Riverside	N/A
Forensic Nursing	Kaplan College	N/A
Disaster Relief Nursing – Certificate	Ulster University	N/A
School Nurse	Slippery Rock University	N/A
Advanced Practice (Diabetes Care)	King's College London	N/A
Nursing	Nj Communiversity	N/A
Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist	Seattle University	N/A